Ravichandran Ashwin and Pragyan Ojha, who bagged a five-wicket haul, struck relentlessly till England choked and ran out of breath, being eventually bowled out for 191.

After following on, though, the combination of skipper Alastair Cook and Nick Compton survived till stumps, with England being 111/0 in their second essay at close on Day 3, still 219 behind with two more days of cricket left.

Though Cook (batting on 74) and Compton (batting on 34) adopted a more positive and resolute approach, it will be a herculean task for the visiting team to survive the remaining six sessions, especially with the track showing more signs of wear and tear.

What will give the England camp a good night's sleep, though, is the disciplined approach they showed in the second innings. They showed patience, played with soft hands and were willing to go through the grind.

Importantly, they cashed in on all the bad deliveries that came their way.

It won't be a cakewalk for the Indian bowlers either, as was seen during the last session of play on Saturday. As the day progresses, the pitch tends to lose its bite and becomes easy to bat on, though the England batsmen are suspect against the turning ball.

For India, it might be a matter of just one or two wickets before the rest fall like a pack of cards.

"The first session will be crucial. A few early wickets will set the tone," said Ojha after the day's play. Playing in his 17th Test, Ojha bagged his fifth five-wicket haul and along with Ashwin exposed England's inability to handle spin.

England's most dependable pair of Cook and Kevin Pietersen were out in the middle when play started but Ojha soon cleaned up KP, squaring the batsman up and sending his stumps crashing with a perfect left-armer spinner's delivery.

This is for the 25th time in 144 innings that KP has been dismissed by a slow left-arm bowler.

Ian Bell lasted just one ball, stepping out and hitting Ojha and paying the price as Tendulkar held on to a well-judged catch at mid-off. Cook faced the hat-trick ball but survived, his gentle steer on the leg side falling a little short of the fielder at short fine-leg.

He survived another confident shout for leg-before the very next ball, but soon Cook's patience deserted him. He leaned forward looking to drive one from Ashwin and edged to Sehwag at slip.

Both Ojha and Ashwin snared eight of the 10 wickets to fall in the first innings, with two going to the seamers. Umesh Yadav and Zaheer showed that in these conditions they were a notch above their counterparts in the opposition camp.

The England seamers sent down 70 overs for one wicket at the cost of 245 runs while the Indian duo sent down just 22 overs, out of which nine were maidens, gave away 37 runs and bagged two wickets.

It was a good move by MS Dhoni to bring in Yadav, who got a bowl only in the 48th over of the innings, after both England top-scorer Matt Prior and Samit Patel seemed to be tackling the slow bowlers comfortably.

Yadav trapped the England left-arm spinner right in front with the last ball of his first over, and was lucky to get a wicket as TV replays showed that the ball had pitched outside the line.